Remote Supervisor Adapter II update (Linux package) - IBM eServer xSeries 236

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New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Note: You now have two ways of downloading files with the *.sh extension. You can use either the IBM Download Director, or the HTTP protocol to download these files. Do NOT use FTP as this will only cause the file to open your browser.

Version 1.07, NREP17B
Problem(s) Fixed:
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• Fix for Remote Control General Exception in JRE 1.6 update 12 and above.
  

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Version 1.06, NREP17A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a failure to copy large files from a remote floppy drive.
  
• Corrected a problem that intermittently caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to not respond to SNMP requests if the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is sent multiple SNMP requests while being reset.
  
• Corrected the write-protect selection of the remote media feature.
  
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Remote Control feature from working with clients when Network Address Translation is used.
  

Enhancement:

• Added Swiss-German keyboard support.
  
• Added the ability to set password policies for local Login IDs.
  
• Added Network Time Protocol support.
  
• Added the ability to select individual "Get" and "Set" access authority for each SNMPv1 community.
  
• Added USB key support to the remote media feature
  
• Added support for setting the LDAP and SSL configuration using the Command Line Interface.
  
• Added the ability to send remote alert notifications when login attempts repeatedly fail.
  
• Added support for Internet Explorer 7
  
• Added support for western Australia Daylight Saving Time changes
  

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Version 1.05, NREP16B

Problem(s) Fixed:

Enhancement:

• Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes.
  

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Version 1.04 - NREP16A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected denial of service susceptibility from malicious network activity
• Corrected the IP address reported in the Service Location Protocol data when one of the "dot" fields is set to 0.
• Corrected a condition where the remote client console appeared to freeze when the servers was displaying constantly scrolling text.

Enhancement:

• Added support for md2WithRSAEncryption certificates
• Allow dashes in the LDAP ASM Group Filter Name
• Updates to handle voltage alerting changes in BMC version 1.14

Limitations:
Dependencies:

• Voltage alerting changes have been made to the BMC firmware version 1.14.
• To handle these changes, IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II version 1.04 or later is required.

Version 1.03 - NREP14A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed German keyboard support for Linux Clients
• Fixed Maximum Segment Size negotiation on the network interface.
• Fixed the stuck key problem that occurs when using Ctl+Esc or Alt+Esc to switch between windows on a remote control client.
• Corrected the media check failure that occurs when remotely attempting to install some versions of Red Hat Linux.
• Corrected a problem which caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to not renew its DHCP lease when the DHCP server is not on the same subnet mask/network as the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
• Fixed a problem which caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II not to reaquire a new IP address when the former address is lost.
• Fixed a newtork Time to Live problem that causes LDAP to fail when it goes through the list of pre-configured LDAP server names.
• Corrected an SSL client problem that prevented the download of a Certificate Signing Request.
• Make the system Blue LED blink during the system Power ON Self Test.
• Fix the SNMP Set command to enable or disable TCP command mode.

Enhancement:

• Stopped generating the periodic SMIs used for Machine Check Architecture support.
• Add support for OpenLDAP.
• Changed maximum size of login string from 32 to 64 to support longer UPN or DN names.
• Added French-Canadian keyboard support.
• Added the ability to control the Locator LED on the user interfaces.
• Added support to authenticate through LDAP using an account that had the display name and SAMAccount name set to different values.
• Permit the use of spaces in the LDAP Group Name Field.
• Add SSL support to TCP Command mode.

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Version 1.02 - NREP10A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• If the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is unable to read the server's machine type, or if the machine type is different than expected, an error log warning is generated asking the user to ensure that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is flashed with the correct firmware.

Enhancement:

• Add 64-bit support to the lflash utility.
• Allow BIOS to disable the periodic SMIs that are generated by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.

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Version 1.01 - NREP09A

• Corrected a problem where the server could become non-responsive 76 days after the Remote Supervisor Adapter II has been reset.
• Corrected a situation that caused the remote control session on the client to drop intermittently.
• Corrected intermittent POST 175, 177, and 1602 errors.

Version 1.00 - NREP07A

• Initial release